Concerns raised over press freedom in SDF-controlled areas of northern Syria
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, take their positions at an alley near Gweiran Prison, in Hassakeh, northeast Syria, Sunday, January 23, 2022
CONCERNS have been raised over the continued clampdown on press freedom in areas of Syria controlled by Kurdish-led forces after five journalists were reportedly detained on Saturday.
According to Raqqa-based journalist Hussam Hammoud, the journalists hauled in by the Syrian Democratic Forces included those working for Kurdish media agencies North Press and Hawar Agency (ANHA).
Others were from institutions from the self-styled Autonomous Area of North East Syria (AANES)
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